2024 OCTOBER ISSUE
CHINA
THE GIANT JUGGERNAUT
PART 20
Written by Andrew Sia
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From the Desk of the Publisher
The keynote here is the bulk of the manufacturing in China is still the medium-to-low-end and it is concentrated in the four provinces—Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Guangdong and Shandong. Many cities of China earn the titles of “Renowned Electronic Capital of China”, “China’s Luggage Capital”, “China’s Guitar Industry Capital”, “China’s Capital of Playground Toys”, and “First Village of Oil Painting in the World”. In fact, it is appropriate to call all these as the capitals of the world.
China leads the productions of consumer electronic products, luggage, lighting, musical instruments, toys, oil painting, sunglasses, reading glasses, home textiles, sports shoes, underwear, and swimwear.
It is known for its competitiveness and quality.
Our writeup is not to criticize the dynamism of production in China and it earned the title as “world factory” is not without reason.
We have to learn how to embrace it as the country has the best workers in the world in order we can enjoy the advantage that it has brought to our table. It is important to put away the differences and we know that when things have meddled with politics, they tend to create conflicts which can lead to disaster eventually. We can learn from the two thousand years of history that they have repeated themselves over and over again.
I would like to dedicate the song “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” to you. Hope that it will remind us where we have ever come from.
